WEST COAST RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION - 2004
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A convincing 23-0 win over neighbours Buller and a historic win over King Country were highlights of West Coast’s season. In the final game the team put in a good performance against the eventual champions, Poverty Bay, despite the 24-53 score line. The Rundle Cup was gained when Buller was beaten 18 - 13 in a pre-NPC match and in another non-first class match the Coast was well beaten 125 - 7 by New Zealand Universities. Kelly Hansen, a former Canterbury rep and brother of the All Black assistant coach Steve, was promoted to coach and his assistant was former North Auckland and Taranaki rep Peter Mac.
Luke O’Donnell returned to the union after playing in South Canterbury the previous year and became the regular fullback. Two schoolboys were on the wings, Leighton Bill and Manu Weepu, a cousin of the new All Black halfback. The experience pairing of Iowane Seru and Daniel Tauwhare formed the midfield combination and inside them was Anthony Lawry with Wiremu Gray at halfback.
Peter Nicholls was again the captain and led the side well in every game. Chris Connors, Joe Nasalo and Hadleigh Smith were regular loose forwards and Warren Rean was at lock. Rean’s locking partner was either Verran Robertson or Nicholls. Matt Kerr was the regular hooker with John Alexander, Tony Oliver, Gordon Iafeta and Drew Davies sharing the prop positions.
2004 Squad
J.Alexander (South Westland)
A.Aynsley (Marist)
L.Bill (Kiwi)
C.Connors (Marist-Albion - Canterbury RFU)
D.Davies (Marist-Albion - Canterbury RFU)
L.Dixon (Marist)
W.Gray (Christchurch HSOB - Canterbury RFU)
G.Iafeta (Blaketown)
M.Kerr (Marist-Albion - Canterbury RFU)
T.King (Marist)
A.Lawry (Marist-Albion - Canterbury RFU)
J.N.McLean (Blaketown)
C.Millar (Marist)
J.Nasalo (Marist)
P.T.Nicholls (Blaketown)
S.C.O'Dea (Blaketown)
L.W.O'Donnell (Marist)
A.J.Oliver ( (Blaketown)
W.Rean (Ashley - Canterbury RFU)
V.L.Robertson (Blaketown)
I.Seru (Blaketown)
H.Smith (Blaketown)
D.J.Tauwhare (Kiwi)
R.Thompson (Blaketown)
K.B.Thomson (Marist)
M.Tora (Blaketown)
L.Ulukuta (Blaketown)
J.W.Ward (Blaketown)
M.Weepu (Kiwi)
WEST COAST TEAM RECORD 2004
Played 9 , Won 3 , Lost 6 , Points for 155 , Points against 405
* National Championship Games
| THIRD DIVISION | P |
W |
D |
L |
Pts |
| Poverty Bay | 7 |
5 |
- |
2 |
27 |
| Wairarapa Bush | 7 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
26 |
| Mid-Canterbury | 7 |
5 |
- |
2 |
23 |
| Horowhenua-Kapiti | 7 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
22 |
| King Country | 7 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
16 |
| South Canterbury | 7 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
| West Coast | 7 |
2 |
- |
5 |
10 |
| Buller | 7 |
- |
- |
7 |
3 |
Pre Season v Buller (Rundle Cup) , Greymouth Won 18 - 13
Pre Season v New Zealand Universities , Greymouth Lost 7 - 125
* August 21 v South Canterbury , Greymouth
Lost 10 - 48
Seru , try
Lawry , conversion , penalty goal
Referee: Mr.B.A.Murray (Wellington)
* August 28 v Mid Canterbury , Ashburton
Lost 24 - 57
Ulukuta (2), Connors, Kerr , tries
Lawry , conversions (2)
Referee: Mr.D.J.Heibner (Taranaki)
* September 4 v Buller , Greymouth
Won 23 - 0
Nasalo, Alexander, Bill , tries
Tauwhare , conversion , penalty goals (2)
Referee: Mr.D.S.King (North Harbour)
* September 11 v Horowhenua-Kapiti
, Waikanae Lost 15 - 48
Tauwhare, Weepu , tries
Tauwhare , conversion , penalty goal
Referee: Mr.M.V.Stanish (Auckland)
* September 18 v King Country , Greymouth
Won 27 - 19
Gray, Seru, Nicholls, Weepu , tries
Tauwhare , conversions (2) , penalty goal
Referee: Mr.D.R.Luckin (Taranaki)
* September 25 v Wairarapa Bush , Masterton
Lost 7 - 42
Connors , try
Tauwhare , conversion
Referee: Mr.M.V.Stanish (Auckland)
* October 2 v Poverty Bay , Greymouth
Lost 24 - 53
Bill, Kerr, Smith , tries
Tauwhare , conversion (2), penalty goal
Lawry , conversion
Referee: Mr.V.G.Munro (Canterbury)
